Lumenon Innovative Lightwave Technology, Inc.: New Board Member and Human Resources Director.

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ST. LAURENT, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2000

(OTC BB:LUMM) Lumenon Innovative Lightwave Technology, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Gilles Marcotte to its Board of Directors.

Mr. Gilles Marcotte has a MSc. degree in Commerce and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant. He has been a partner at KPMG and its predecessor firms since 1979 and retired in 1998 at the age of 58. Prior to retirement, he was Partner-in-charge of KPMG's Quebec-City office and has been on the Board of Directors of KPMG Canada. Mr. Marcotte sits on the Board of Directors of a number of companies and is President of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra and Caisse Populaire Desjardins of Charlesbourg. Mr. Marcotte will also chair Lumenon's Audit Committee.

Lumenon is also pleased to announce the hiring of Mr. Benoit Belisle as its Human Resources Director. Mr. Belisle has a degree in Industrial Relations from Montreal University. He has been actively involved in the Human Resources field for the last 14 years; this includes appointments as Human Resources Director for Thundercraft Industry, Bauer Nike Hockey and more recently for Ritvik Holdings Inc. the largest toy manufacturer in Canada. Mr. Belisle's experience in rapid expansion and start-up environments will be an asset to the management group of Lumenon. He will be instrumental in meeting Lumenon's rapid growth objectives.

Lumenon designs, develops and builds integrated optics devices in the form of compact hybrid glass circuits on silicon chips. Lumenon's shares are listed under the symbol LUMM (OTC BB). For more information on Lumenon contact: Stephen Litwin, Investor Relations, Tel. [phone], Fax: [phone]. More information on Lumenon is available at www.lumenon.com.

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